Jed Saul Rakoff

Court

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic

Seat

NYSD0903

Nominated

Oct. 11, 1995

Committee hearing

Dec. 19, 1995

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Dec. 21, 1995

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Dec. 29, 1995

Commissioned

Jan. 4, 1996

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Senior status

Dec. 31, 2010

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in E.
• Sept. 4
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Rapaport v. Nivoda
• July 23
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Roberto Diaz-Boyzo v. Todd Blanche
• July 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Holcomb
• June 25
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sotero Rivera-Mendoza v. Todd Blanche
• April 21
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Ullah
• Nov. 17, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
• Oct. 28, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in National Labor Relations Board v. North Mountain Foothills Apartments, LLC
• Sept. 12, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Giambalvo v. Suffolk Cnty.
• Aug. 29, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Deana Farley v. Lincoln Benefit Life Company
• Aug. 29, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sodha v. Golubowski
• Aug. 26, 2025
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Popa v. Microsoft Corporation

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.